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During the Prohibition era, several cutters were assigned to Cape May to foil rumrunners operating off the New Jersey coast. After Prohibition, the Coast Guard all but abandoned Cape May leaving a small air/sea rescue contingent. For a short period of time (1929–1934), part of the base was used as a civilian airport.
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It is located near Sunset Beach in Cape May Point State Park. The tower was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2003, and to the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 2003, for its significance in military history. [1] [3] About this time the tower was renovated under the direction of architect Robert ...
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
Coast Guard Station Cape May: Cape May: 1849 Active 29 137 [134] Coast Guard Station Cedar Creek: Island Beach: 1872 1939 Unknown 111 [135] Coast Guard Station Chadwick's: Chadwick Beach Island: 1849 108 [136] Coast Guard Station Cold Spring: Cold Spring: 1868 1952 136 [137] Coast Guard Station Corson Inlet: Corson Inlet: 1849 1962 32 128 [138 ...
The Cape May Branch of the Cape May County Public Library is located in Cape May City. [147] The library was previously in city hall but later moved to a standalone building. In 2009 an estimated $507,800 renovation was to take place with $395,300, or about 78% of the expenses, paid by Cape May County. [148]
Corson's Inlet State Park was established in 1969 near the southern end of Ocean City to protect and preserve one of the last undeveloped areas of land along the New Jersey coastline. [160] Cape May Point State Park was established at the southern end of the county in 1974, having been previously used as a military base until the Ash Wednesday ...
Fort Miles was supplemented by three batteries at the Cape May Military Reservation in New Jersey. The first was Battery 25 with four 155 mm (6.1 in) guns on Panama mounts, built in 1942. Battery 223, a 6-inch (152 mm) battery similar to Batteries 221 and 222 at Fort Miles, was built in 1943.